The Belmont Transfer is a sexual move named after the Belmont “L” train station on the north side of Chicago that has a free transfer between the Red and Brown lines. It is a metaphor for switching from vaginal sex to anal sex, also known as “switching from the Red line to the Brown line.”
Matt: “I took home some random girl from the bar last night“
Sean: “Nice! Did you pull the Belmont Transfer?”
Matt: “Damn straight kid!”
Its Monday morning and I’m still exhausted from last week. I don’t understand why training is so mentally draining but this is the second weekend in a row that I have had to drag my ass out of bed to run errands. I didn’t feel like doing the podcast yesterday but am happy that I did. It was a dammed good show.
Its hit and miss when tit comes to buying lunch/Most of the time I take my lunch in with the exception of 5 days where the company treated my co trainees and myself to a nice lunch in the west loop. I finally got to try the new sampling from Jimmy Johns. It was AMAZING but sloppy. They did not cut it in half as I requested nor did they provide napkins as request.
Sicilian Pizza Sandwich: HAM, SALAMI, CAPOCOLLO & SLICED MOZZARELLA, Marinara Sauce and Oregano-Basil
Bold, hearty, and packed with flavor. Enjoy layers of Salami, Capocollo, and Ham topped with melty Mozzarella and smothered in zesty Marinara Sauce.
I hope they keep it on their menu for a little while longer or add it permanently as I will order it again.
One thing, or place I’ll never order again is….
I learned a hard lesson of where to never order from again and it was La Cocina 45 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60606 under the Brown Line Washington/Wells station. Worst burrito I’ve ever had and at $14.9 should have been at least decent. It was not chorizo in the breakfast burrito/ I threw most of it away.
A walk around the block
Wayne Industries aka Wayne Tower
A view from the 11th floor
A few months ago I mentioned on here that I tracked down a friend Liz Ubell from college that I hadn’t heard from or seen since 1990. As a matter of fact, on one of my many road trips from Columbus OH to Pittsburgh PA, me, Big Mike (RIP) went to see “Total Recall” with her and he then BF Snake who you can hear about on this podcast. After “Total Recall” was the last time I had any contact with Liz. She was my only crush is college and nothing ever came of it. My fault mostly I assume,.
AZ and the UnUsual Supects Max Bravo, Greg Drunken Duncan, Liz Ubell and Ellen the Felon revisits 1980’s College Radio
Alex and Liz are both WPTS-FM alumni originally evolved from WPGH, an AM carrier current station that broadcast to the Pitt Student Union and dormitories. WPGH was started in the fall of 1957 by 12 students, including Adrian Cronauer, whose experiences in Vietnam were made famous by Robin Williams in the movie Good Morning, Vietnam. Since then, WPGH is now the call letters of the Fox TV station in Pittsburgh. The push to get an FM station began in the fall of 1977 when Pitt requested a space on the commercial FM broadcast band. Because the Federal Communications Commission was concerned that the move of WPTS to FM might set an unfavorable precedent for other non-commercial stations seeking to make a similar move, Pitt had to reassure the FCC that WPTS-FM was a unique case. As a result, WPTS-FM was granted a class D license with a radiating power of 10 Watts in the fall of 1984, the last 10-Watt station to be licensed by the FCC. The station was originally on 98.5 until 1994, when it moved to the current frequency.
In 2009, 2012, 2013, and 2015 WPTS was nominated as one of the five to ten finalists for the mtvU Woodie Award for best college radio station in the United States. WPTS was awarded the Woodie Award in 2015.
Songs Include:
“You’ll Dance to Anything” Dead Milkmen
“Birdhouse in Your Soul” They Might Be Giants
“Little Girls” Oingo Boingo.
“J.A.P. Rap” 2 Live Jews
“Where The Hells My Money!!!” Mojo Mixon
“Mexican Radio” Wall Of Voodoo
“Shiny Shiny” Haysi Fantayzee
“White Punks on Dope” Nina Hagen
plus KISS TRIVIA
visit Liz here: www.tiktok.com/following?lang=en
WPTS: wpts.pitt.edu/
Post PodCast pizza for the gang although Ellen was the only one that stayed around long enough to have any of it and it sounds like she loved it.
11 days away…..
After work Tuesday Oct 14th had dinner with Melita after we left our offices, This is on the roof of a building on E Delaware in Streeterville near the MCA. It was chilly and breezy. I should not have worn shorts.
If you are any type of John Candy fan or film buff for that matter this doc on John Candy is a must see. Its unreal how great he was as an actor and a human being as well. Made me think a lot about Big Mike.
Melita and I made our plan for my birthday trip to New Glarus this December
On the way home we will stop in Rockford to see the Hard Rock Casino Rockford: www.casino.hardrock.com/rockford
10/15/2025 New home away from home. On Tuesday I had a days long class on travel in Switzerland and the next day a test that took 7 hours to complete. My training class all of us failed the first try. We passed the second time and we awarded diplomas. It was tough. The day before we had product learning on travel to Scotland.
Wednesday TV nights with the cats Spooky and Nico
Thursday after work hit hard. Obviously if you read this Diary of a Damned Man. Work was full of distractions via emails, texts and social media posts. 60 years old is no more obvious when nobody in your training class with the exception of my very very cool manager knows who KISS are and nobody could name a single KISS song. Earlier in the week I learned that none of them had ever seen a James Bond fil and they only knew of the Flintstones as a children’s vitamin. No joke, Its scary. No wonder things in the country are so sideways. Nobody knows any pop culture history at all.
I’m up having coffee on a rainy Sunday morning without Mark And Elizabeth (FOX32) the best morning news team of all not on the telly for weeks now. Getting ready for the big podcast.
I finally watched The Substance and could NOT believe how fucking great and gory it is. So bloody at the end, As Jason Harmon said: “That movie is fucked up. The last half hour was some Troma / Dead Alive shit .”
The Substance is a 2024 body horror film written and directed by Coralie Fargeat. Starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, and Dennis Quaid, the film follows Elisabeth Sparkle (Moore), a fading celebrity who, after being fired by her producer (Quaid) due to her age, uses a black market drug that creates a younger version of herself (Qualley) with unexpected side effects. The film is noted for its satirical elements and grotesque, hyperrealistic imagery.
Critics Says: Audaciously gross, wickedly clever, and possibly Demi Moore’s finest hour, The Substance is a gasp-inducing feat from writer-director Coralie Fargeat.
Audience Says: While it may not suit everyone’s stomach, those with an appetite for the grotesque will succumb to Demi Moore’s Kafka-esque performance and feast on the bodily horrors of The Substance.